GREAT FALLS – A Washington man who admitted distributing
pound quantities of methamphetamine primarily in the Great Falls area was
sentenced on Dec. 12 to 90 months in federal prison and five years of supervised
release, U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme said.
Cody David Paine, 35, of Kettle Falls, Wash., pleaded guilty
previously to possession with intent to distribute meth.
U.S. District Judge Brian M. Morris presided.
An FBI investigation that began in February 2017 identified
Paine as dealing large quantities of meth in Great Falls. Paine would travel
with others in 2016 to Washington to pick up pounds of meth for distribution in
various locations in Montana, including Missoula and Great Falls.
In May 2018, agents arrested an individual on a warrant in
Missoula and learned that the individual had obtained about seven pounds of
meth and a pound of heroin over three months in 2018 from Paine. Also in May,
FBI agents arrested Paine in Missoula. Paine told agents that he had a large
customer base for meth in Montana and that he had distributed multiple pounds
of meth. One pound of meth is the equivalent of about 3,624 individual doses.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Jessica Betley prosecuted the case,
which was investigated by the FBI.
The case is part of Project Safe Neighborhoods, which is the
centerpiece of the Department of Justice’s violent crime reduction
efforts. PSN is an evidence-based
program proven to be effective at reducing violent crime. Through PSN, a broad
spectrum of stakeholders work together to identify the most pressing violent
crime problems in the community and develop comprehensive solutions to address
them. As part of this strategy, PSN focuses enforcement efforts on the most
violent offenders and partners with locally based prevention and reentry
programs for lasting reductions in crime.
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